When treatment fails: Caring for patients with visual disability

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 122, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1208-1209

  Gieser, Jon P ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; EDITORIAL; GLAUCOMA; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

BLINDNESS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; PATIENT CARE; TREATMENT FAILURE; UNITED STATES; VISION, LOW; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS;

EID: 3543062363     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.122.8.1208     Document Type: Editorial

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